A touch-stone for gold and silver wares. Directing how to know adulterated and unlawful goldsmiths works, and the greatness of the cheat therein; and how to punish the offenders, and recover recompence to the party wronged. Being a treatise of great use for every buyer o plate, and all buyers and wearers of silver-hilts, and silver-buckles, and all other kind of goldsmiths works. The second edition with additions, comprising the principal matters relating to thegoldsmiths and cutlers trades, and material things concerning all other manual trades. By W. B. of London, goldsmith.

All titles

• A touch-stone for gold and silver wares. Directing how to know adulterated and unlawful goldsmiths works, and the greatness of the cheat therein; and how to punish the offenders, and recover recompence to the party wronged. Being a treatise of great use for every buyer o plate, and all buyers and wearers of silver-hilts, and silver-buckles, and all other kind of goldsmiths works. The second edition with additions, comprising the principal matters relating to thegoldsmiths and cutlers trades, and material things concerning all other manual trades. By W. B. of London, goldsmith.
• Brief and easie way by tables, to cast up silver

People / Organizations

• Cliffords-Inn-lane, and ("printed for")
• W. B. (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for J. Bellinger, in Cliffords-Inn-lane, and T. Basset at the George near Cliffords-Inn in Fleet-street, 1678.

Publication year

1678-1678

ESTC No.

R228273

Grub Street ID

100970

Description

[20], 218, [152] p., plates ; 8⁰

Note

W.B. = William Badcock.

"Here followeth a brief and easie way by tables, to cast up silver ... and gold, ... calculated by John Reynolds" has separate dated title page and is unpaginated; register begins with ?A1.Citation/references Wing (CD-Rom, 1996), B382A